Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/05/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Andrew Nemeth <azn@nemeng.com> wrote: > I normally don't think very much of the Bokeh Cult, but looking > at one of Kyle's wedding photographs... > > <http://www.asc.upenn.edu/usr/cassidy/pix/5-12-01-wedding/26.jpg> > > ... I noticed just how much bad lens bokeh can spoil an > otherwise excellent image. Brilliant composition, timing, > sense-of-light...but now look at the three-cornered highlights > in the background and the out-of-focus leaves on the table in > the foreground. > > This was via a Canon 50mm f1.5 right? Yeech. > > I guess a real-thing Summarit would have been better after > all. ;?) Other than the funky triangular out-of-focus highlights I really like the look of that Canon lens in these photos. That is, to the extent a lens' signature can be conveyed via lo-res JPEG images. Applying some daubs of selective blur in Photoshop or the like would fix things up in this particular photo, assuming Kyle is interested in going that route (or, for that matter, even cares about funky triangular out-of-focus highlights <g>). - -Dave-